Our degeneration, when it is traced back to its origin in our view of the world really consists in the fact that true optimism has vanished unperceived from our midst.

Quote by Albert Schweitzer

Topics: Optimism Quotes

I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having...

I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having...

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them

Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them

Happiness? That's nothing more than a good health and a poor memory.

Happiness? That's nothing more than a good health and a poor memory.

I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I...

I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I...

By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and...

By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and...

Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill,...

Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill,...

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as...

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as...

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own...

Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own...

The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and...

The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and...

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in...

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in...

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another...

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another...

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of...

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of...

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference...

Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference...

The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil.

The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil.

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism...

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism...

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it...

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it...